Last updated: 01/08/2025

At General Equipments, we place great value on the protection of your personal data and your user experience on our website. That is why we use cookies. In this policy, we explain which cookies we use, why we do this, and how you can set your preferences.

1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer, tablet, or smartphone when you visit our website. They help us to make the site work properly, remember your preferences, and analyse the visit to improve our services. 

2. Why do we use cookies?
We use cookies to:
• ensure the website functions properly (functional cookies),
• collect statistics about the use of the website (analytical cookies),
• personalise content and advertisements (marketing cookies).

3. What types of cookies do we use?
Functional cookies 
These are necessary for the website to work correctly. For example, they remember your language choice or whether you have already agreed to our cookie policy.
Analytical cookies
With these cookies, we measure how visitors use our website. Think about which pages are visited, how long a page is viewed, and whether any error messages occur. We use Google Analytics for this, where IP addresses are anonymised.
Marketing cookies
These cookies are only placed if you give your consent. They ensure that we can tailor content or advertisements to your interests. We are not using any at the moment.

4. Third-party cookies
Sometimes other parties also place cookies via our website, for example through embedded videos or social media buttons. The use of these cookies is subject to the privacy and cookie policy of those third parties.

5. Managing consent and preferences
When you first visit our website, you will receive a notification asking for your consent to place cookies. You can indicate there which types of cookies you do or do not allow. Would you like to change your choice later or remove cookies? You can do this via the settings of your browser. Please note that some functions of the website may not work as well then.

6. How long do cookies remain active?
The retention period varies by cookie. Some cookies are automatically removed as soon as you close the browser, while others remain active for a certain period to recognise your settings or behaviour on a subsequent visit. In the cookie settings, you will find more information about the duration for each cookie.

7. Your rights
In our privacy policy, you can read more about your rights regarding personal data, such as the right to access, correction, and deletion. We also explain how you can contact us.

8. Questions?
Do you have questions about our cookie policy? Please feel free to contact us at: General Equipments Drevendaal 32, 2860 Sint-Katelijne-Waver +32 (0) 15 30 63 60 info@general-equipments.be